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A19748
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A confession of Christian religion; Protestation against popery by way of a confession of Christian religion collected for the benefit of private friends
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I. D., fl. 1607.; Dunster, John, attributed name.
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1609
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STC 6172A; ESTC S114690
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heresy_n of_o photinus_n as_o drantes_n cant._n 11._o dell_n inf_n report_v but_o he_o be_v factione_n gibellinus_n say_v bellarmine_n and_o therefore_o his_o testimony_n against_o this_o or_o any_o pope_n not_o available_a zepherin_o be_v a_o montanist_n in_o tertulliaus_fw-la judgement_n marcelliws_n a_o idolater_n according_a to_o bellarmine_n himself_o liberius_n a_o arrian_n and_o consent_v to_o the_o condemnaiion_n of_o athanasius_n yea_o flat_a apostat_n witness_n lirà n_n in_o math._n 16._o legimus_fw-la multos_fw-la pontifices_fw-la apostatâsse_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la and_o this_o bellarmine_n do_v in_o some_o sort_n grant_v when_o he_o faint_o deni_v it_o if_o not_o rather_o insinuate_v the_o same_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr propriè_fw-la haeretica_fw-la ista_fw-la sententia_fw-la puta_fw-la papam_fw-la errare_fw-la posse_fw-la est_fw-la erronea_fw-la &_o haeresi_fw-la proxima_fw-la it_o may_v be_v a_o erroneus_fw-la a_o scandalous_a a_o offensive_a position_n but_o non_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la haeretica_fw-la they_o be_v his_o own_o word_n 6_o the_o true_a mark_n acd_v badge_n of_o this_o church_n be_v only_o two_o the_o 1_o sincere_a preach_v of_o the_o word_n &_o the_o 2_o lawful_a dispensation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n not_o antiquity_n nor_o multitude_n nor_o miracle_n nor_o the_o rest_n which_o bellarmine_n repeat_v to_o the_o number_n of_o fourteen_o 1._o the_o sincere_a preach_n of_o the_o word_n to_o which_o we_o admit_v no_o body_n but_o he_o that_o be_v lawful_o call_v by_o the_o church_n and_o christian_a magistrate_n we_o know_v where_o it_o be_v write_v no_o man_n take_v this_o honour_n unto_o himself_o nisi_fw-la vocatus_fw-la ut_fw-la aron_n and_o that_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o intrude_v himself_o into_o the_o office_n of_o priesthood_n missus_fw-la sum_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la non_fw-la veni_fw-la &_o his_o letter_n paten_n be_v in_o these_o word_n thou_o be_v a_o priest_n for_o ever_o after_o the_o order_n of_o melchisedeche_n and_o to_o that_o demand_v whether_o the_o call_n of_o our_o first_o reformer_n be_v ordinary_a or_o extraordinary_a i_o answer_v it_o be_v in_o this_o respect_n extraordinary_n that_o when_o the_o ordinary_a ministry_n be_v corrupt_v god_n raise_v up_o some_o of_o his_o better_a servant_n to_o reform_v that_o which_o be_v amiss_o and_o i_o deny_v that_o all_o such_o who_o have_v this_o extraordinary_a call_n have_v all_o of_o they_o &_o always_o the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n john_n the_o baptist_n do_v no_o miracle_n joh._n 10.41_o and_o whereas_o they_o reply_v that_o god_n do_v a_o miracle_n in_o his_o birth_n and_o 2._o that_o he_o be_v of_o the_o lineage_n sacerdotal_a to_o the_o 1_o i_o answer_v the_o miracle_n which_o god_n do_v in_o his_o birth_n be_v know_v only_o to_o few_o &_o 2._o be_v do_v a_o great_a time_n before_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o charge_n to_o the_o 2._o that_o the_o charge_n which_o he_o enter_v upon_o have_v nothing_o common_a with_o the_o leviticall_a priesthood_n wherefore_o his_o extraction_n can_v not_o authorise_v he_o to_o baptize_v neither_o yet_o do_v i_o see_v how_o the_o papist_n can_v object_v unto_o luther_n and_o other_o minister_n in_o the_o reform_a church_n to_o have_v no_o lawful_a call_n see_v they_o receive_v their_o ordination_n from_o themselves_o and_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o the_o popish_a bishop_n in_o create_v minister_n howsoever_o they_o use_v more_o ceremony_n they_o need_v of_o true_o to_o confer_v the_o office_n upon_o who_o they_o lay_v their_o hand_n i_o profess_v that_o minister_n thus_o call_v have_v a_o right_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o key_n the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v of_o retain_v and_o remit_v of_o sin_n i_o believe_v that_o sin_n be_v only_o remit_v by_o god_n for_o i_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v his_o incommunicable_a property_n to_o forgive_v sin_n according_a as_o he_o proclaim_v of_o himself_o ego_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la qui_fw-la deleo_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la tuas_fw-la propter_fw-la i_o &c_n &c_n and_o that_o man_n have_v but_o a_o secundary_a and_o ministerial_a power_n to_o wit_n to_o publish_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o those_o who_o god_n in_o heaven_n have_v forgive_v for_o we_o be_v but_o ambassador_n and_o do_v entreat_v for_o christ_n sake_n reconciliamini_fw-la deo_fw-la otherwise_o if_o the_o minister_n do_v take_v upon_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o any_o absolute_a power_n rest_v in_o himself_o to_o forgive_v sin_n the_o sinner_n to_o be_v absolve_v may_v say_v unto_o he_o as_o augustine_n have_v it_o quid_fw-la ego_fw-la homo_fw-la nisi_fw-la aeger_fw-la sanandus_fw-la vis_fw-la mihi_fw-la esse_fw-la medice_fw-la mecum_fw-la quaere_fw-la medicum_fw-la for_o he_o sinful_a man_n as_o he_o be_v have_v need_n of_o one_o to_o forgive_v his_o sin_n likewise_o i_o acknowledge_v power_n in_o the_o minister_n to_o retain_v sin_n and_o to_o award_v excommunication_n against_o desperate_a and_o scandalous_a offender_n only_o i_o can_v advise_v they_o will_v remember_v and_o practice_v these_o few_o rule_n follow_v 1_o that_o such_o ecclesiastical_a curse_n be_v denounce_v according_a unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 2_o that_o they_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o private_a and_o public_a sin_n between_o delicta_fw-la &_o scelera_fw-la 3_o that_o they_o be_v not_o too_o sharp_a in_o their_o censure_n remember_v that_o of_o chrysostome_n si_fw-mi deus_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la benignus_fw-la ut_fw-la quid_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la eius_fw-la tam_fw-la austerus_fw-la against_o the_o first_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n high_o offend_v when_o every_o easter_n day_n he_o excommunicate_v the_o reform_a church_n before_o his_o solemn_a mass_n for_o whereas_o the_o pope_n denounce_v his_o curse_n against_o we_o quòd_fw-la haeretici_fw-la we_o know_v the_o cause_n be_v false_a &_o therefore_o the_o curse_n not_o effectual_a see_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o proverb_n a_o curse_n causeless_o shall_v not_o come_v &_o neminem_fw-la ligare_fw-la debet_fw-la iniqua_fw-la sententia_fw-la gelasius_n and_o therefore_o we_o say_v with_o tertullian_n dum_fw-la à _fw-la vobis_fw-la damnamur_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la absoluimur_fw-la 2_o the_o second_o note_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o rightful_a administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n now_o sacrament_n be_v only_o two_o 1_o baptism_n 2_o the_o lord_n supper_n i_o confess_v baptism_n to_o be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o therefore_o child_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o covenant_n promissio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la vobis_fw-la et_fw-la liberis_fw-la vestris_fw-la be_v to_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o to_o be_v baptize_v howsoever_o first_o the_o pelagian_a and_o since_o the_o anabaptist_n with_o great_a fury_n and_o great_a frenzy_n teach_v the_o contrary_a and_o yet_o when_o i_o say_v baptism_n be_v a_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n i_o do_v not_o any_o way_n extenuat_fw-la the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n for_o i_o confess_v baptism_n to_o be_v not_o only_o a_o sign_n or_o token_n what_o we_o receive_v but_o also_o a_o instrument_n or_o mean_v whereby_o we_o receive_v grace_n and_o to_o be_v the_o door_n of_o our_o actual_a entrance_n into_o god_n house_n the_o first_o apparent_a beginning_n of_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bazil_n a_o seal_n to_o the_o grace_n of_o election_n before_o receive_v but_o to_o our_o sanctification_n here_o a_o step_n that_o have_v not_o any_o before_o it_o the_o efficacy_n of_o baptism_n i_o give_v you_o in_o tertullia_n word_n homo_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la baptismi_fw-la licet_fw-la à _fw-la foris_fw-la idem_fw-la esse_fw-la videatur_fw-la resurrect_v tert._n docer_n resurrect_v intus_fw-la tamen_fw-la alter_fw-la efficitur_fw-la cum_fw-la peccato_fw-la natus_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la renascitur_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la perit_fw-la succedentibus_fw-la proficit_fw-la deterioribus_fw-la exuitur_fw-la in_fw-la meliora_fw-la innovatur_fw-la persona_fw-la tingitur_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la mutatur_fw-la and_o with_o the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o far_o be_o i_o which_o campian_n impudent_o charge_v upon_o we_o from_o make_v baptism_n adiaphoron_n si_fw-mi habeas_fw-la recte_fw-la si_fw-la careas_fw-la nihil_fw-la damni_fw-la yet_o do_v i_o not_o avouch_v that_o baptism_n be_v simple_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o child_n may_v be_v save_v which_o be_v prevent_v in_o his_o baptism_n by_o sudden_a death_n and_o that_o say_n of_o s._n bernard_n always_o be_v of_o authority_n with_o i_o non_fw-la privatio_fw-la sed_fw-la contemptus_fw-la baptismi_fw-la damnat_fw-la and_o that_o of_o s._n ambrose_n qui_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la omittunt_fw-la to_o wit_n in_o the_o case_n above_o specify_v gratiam_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la amittunt_fw-la and_o i_o think_v that_o s._n august_n if_o sober_o understand_v be_v not_o so_o much_o my_o enemy_n in_o this_o point_n as_o papist_n and_o some_o protestant_n do_v believe_v for_o i_o do_v conceive_v that_o st._n augustine_n be_v more_o peremptory_a in_o this_o point_n thereby_o to_o